champion heart

Chapter 29 29. Everything is ready

For this match, D'Antoni is still very satisfied overall.

He saw a lot of things he wanted to see.

For example, the cooperation between Tang De and Whiteside, and Whiteside's dominance at the basket!
How should I put it, now not only D'Antoni, but even Lakers general manager Kupchak is extremely excited.

Kobe is injured, Howard is gone, and Nash is basically out of the game, so it seems that the Lakers in the new season are basically over.

Unexpectedly, the team unexpectedly produced Tang De and Whiteside, two potential stocks with super talents!

Maybe the two of them can really make a difference!
Kupchak felt a little relieved.

However, for Kupchak's signing of Whiteside, the outside world is generally criticizing Kupchak.

They thought it was impossible for Whiteside to perform well.

If he could play it, he should have played in the NBA long ago, instead of wandering overseas all the time...

For this kind of remarks, Kupchak did not make any response!
Because he has great confidence in Whiteside, facts will prove everything, as long as Whiteside can play a good performance on the court, all doubts will be solved without attacking!

By that time, Kupchak will only get praise and admiration!

D'Antoni made it clear that the team's starting center is still uncertain, and he has to observe with the team's management!

The preseason is the final assessment before the official start of the new season.

In other words, whoever performed well in the preseason will be the starting center of the season. Of course, the specific situation needs to be adjusted in detail!
The reason why D'Antoni set up such an assessment method is to stimulate the competitiveness among the players and spur them to train harder!
Because only hard training can improve.

After the game, Tang De took the initiative to invite all his teammates to have a meal in private!

After all, you still have to have the emotional intelligence that you should have. Tang De only practices solo with Bai Bian every day, and he will inevitably ignore other teammates in many cases.

In this way, Tang De will inevitably offend people inadvertently.

And through this meal, many things can often be solved!

Tang De knew very well that if he wanted to win the game, it was not enough to rely on himself alone, and he had to rely on the joint efforts of his teammates.

This is what Kobe taught Tang De in private.

When Kobe was still a rookie, he did similar things. He did all kinds of things like running errands to buy water.

Although Kobe is usually very strict with his teammates, he still does a good job of getting along with his teammates on a daily basis.

After learning about Tang De's invitation, all the teammates showed respect and everyone showed up!

Among them, Nick Young and Thackeray are the most excited!
As soon as these two guys heard that there was a party, they were so excited, they dressed up in a more stylish way!
Tang De also took this opportunity to relax completely. After so many days of continuous training, Tang De's body was already very tired.

After returning from this dinner, Tang De didn't do any more training, and stayed in the apartment and fell asleep for a few days...

After adjusting his body, Tang De, accompanied by his trainer, devoted himself to training again!

Under the advice of the trainer, Tang De started a long muscle-building training. Of course, muscle-building and losing weight are two completely different concepts!
To be honest, Tang De really felt quite painful because he ate certain foods every day.

These foods have almost nothing to do with deliciousness. Everything Tang De eats has its own effect!
Tang De seems to understand a little now why Zhou Qi secretly went to eat pancakes!
But there is no way, since Tang De has chosen a professional basketball player, he must respect this profession, as long as it is not conducive to his career development, he must completely throw it away!

Speaking of which, there is a reason why Zhou Qi will not be able to play in the NBA in the future.

Although Zhou Qi is very thin and thin, his physical talents in all aspects are still good.

It's just that he is not willing to work hard at all, doing superficial things all day long, coupled with the excessive boasting of him by the domestic media, causing him to only live on the surface and never treat basketball sincerely!

As a center, you have never even seen Zhou Qi stay under the basket, except for floating three-pointers on the outside, he can do nothing!

For Zhou Qi, Tang De really had a feeling of hating iron but not steel. It's a pity that he doesn't want to develop such a good physical condition.

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Before the start of the preseason, the American media gave their predictions for the Lakers' record in the new season!

30 wins and 52 losses!Ranked No.11 in the West!
Almost no one is optimistic about the Lakers. When Kobe fell, everyone lost confidence in the Lakers.

The reason why he made it to the playoffs last season was entirely because of Kobe's crazy carry!

Although the Lakers also made a few deals during the offseason, in the eyes of those media, it is obvious that these deals of the Lakers are just small things, and it is impossible for the Lakers to improve in quality!

But who cares?

No one in the Lakers cares about those bullshit predictions. Have those so-called experts been slapped in the face less often?

On October 2013, 10, the Lakers ended their offseason training camp.

They have to start preparing for this year's preseason.

D'Antoni is very fancy in this preseason game. The team lineup needs to be adjusted, and the preseason game is a perfect opportunity!
The Lakers will fight the Warriors, Kings, Jazz, and Nuggets in seven preseason games!

Although Kobe was unable to play in these games due to injuries, he also followed the team.

It's not just D'Antoni and the team's management who want to inspect the new lineup. As the team leader, Kobe must of course know it well.

In this way, after he comes back, he can seamlessly connect!
In these preseason games, D'Antoni tried various styles of play, and practiced almost everyone on the team who could play.

Whiteside is his key object of investigation. Generally speaking, D'Antoni is quite satisfied with Whiteside's performance.

Because the preseason is mainly about training the team lineup, and few teams will actually play, so in these 7 games, Baibian has made a lot of good statistics.

On the defensive end, Baibian's performance is impeccable, and he can contribute wonderful blocks in almost every game!

Through these few games, D'Antoni has already made a preliminary decision in his mind about the team's starting center!

On the other hand, the Lakers are the protagonist of the China game this year. This year, the Lakers will play two games with the Warriors in China!
The Lakers are definitely the most popular NBA team in China, not even the Rockets!
After all, the popularity of chatting in China is too high, unimaginably high!

Even Americans are baffled by the fact that the Lakers are well-known in China.

But the truth is there, it's just so amazing!

(End of this chapter)